The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


cident Near HiIsdale - Augustus
New Improvement and Investment
Company - Interstate Encampment
of the Farm ers-A Tablet to Bishop
Pierce Unveiled at Sparta.
GEORGIA
Brunswick's new hose reel company now
has on its roll seventeen bona fide members.
At Lexington Joseph Coferson, aged A
years, fell into a well and was drowned a
day or two ago.
A. Y. Haines, of Sandersville, has rifle
powder he owned before the war. 1t is OF
splendid quality and will not smut the hands
on being rubbed between them.
At Macon j. H. Renney, commonly called
''Happy Jack of the Salvation Army has
joined the First Street Methodist church,
and will labor as an assistant pastor in that
district hereafter.
At Gainesville Rev. A. A. Marshall pas
tor of the Baptist church, has rendered his
resignation and it has been accepted. He
preached his farewell sermon Sunday night
to a crowded house.
Col. Orville Calhoun, of AbbeviIle, S. c..
a grand nephew of John c.. Calhoun died
at the Grand Central Hotel at Columbus
Monday. He had been sick for three days,
but not seriously. He was leading citizen
In his own county, and widely known in
this State.
Stewart county was visited by generous
and copious rains last week and the first of
this, and the farms everywhere are present
ing a clean, thrifty and growing aspect.
Cotton is being chopped out and corn
plowed, and altogether the prospect for q
good crop year is encouraging.
Measles are pretty bad in the Lacrosse
district of Schley county. Four grown
last in he #
mile, and some others are expected to die.
Measles are prevalent in several parts of
the State, and appear to be of an unusually
malignant type, especially to grown people.
At Sandersville at an early hour Monday
night two colored men engaged in diff
Guilty about the wife of one of the partici-
pants, when Nelson Cain, true to name.
drew his pistol and fired at Wesley Sim
mons, colored preacher. The bullet how
ever, missed its mark, nothing serious re-
sulting.
During the services at the Methodist
church at Americas Sunday night, kero-
sene lamp caught fire and came very near
exploding, causing some little alarm among
those in the immediate vicinity. A young
man present secured a step ladder, and
taking the lamp down threw it out of the
window before any damage had been done.
Sunday night several pieces of vandalism
front of the Lucy Cobb Institute was badly
cut and hacked. The gates OF several citi-
Dens were removed. The grand jury in
vestigated this matter few weeks ago, and
indicted several young blootis because of
these deeds. This last deed has outraged the
citizens, and the guilty parties are being
severely criticised
There came very near being q serious ac-
cident on the Brunswick and Western rail
rAlaA of .1n1a e.
5. Graves was loading lumber and had his
skids extended acroes the main line, when a
special train, carrying the officers of the
road, came along, anG before the hands
could get the skids OF the engine struck
them. One of the sids, a piece by s
inches, fell on the track and was run over
and cut IN two by the wheels of the engine.
The other SKID, OF the same size, was knocked
into splinters by the engine.
The first annual meeting of the Interstate
Farmers Summer Encampment win assem-
BILE at the encanIpment grounds at Spartan
burg, ). G., at S o'clock in the morning,
Tuesday, Aug 9, 1889, and continue until
Saturday, Avg. 6. This Interstate Farmers
Encampmept is the result of the combined
efforts of the friends of agriculture in all
its departments, to fill a long-felt want by
those mos heartily interested in the mate
rial progress of the Southern States It lis
under tle auspices of the Patrons of Hus
bandry of Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia
North Carolina and South Carolina. II
The, night watch at Tennille heard an
unusual noise behind the store of Morgan
Brown Wednesday night and went to see
what it was. On arriving there he found that
some one had broken in at the window, and
lie Slspicioned negro and a white man
The negro resisted arrest and fired on the
Waterman three times without effect and
escaped. The white man, who gave his
name as Lawrence, of Virginia, was arrested
and committed to Jail on the evidence OF
Mr.. Morgan Brown, who swore that the
knife and file in the possession of Lawrence
was his, and that he left them in his store
that night.
A very severe storm passed few miles
north of Buchanan last Friday night The
roofs of several houses were blown off
thousands of trees and fencing were blown
down, and goodly number of people were
about half scared to death. A mule belong
ing to Mr. Nixon, who lives near the cop
per mine, was killed outright by the stable
blowing down ON it. Mr.. Ault's stable was
also demolished by the wind. A cow and
young calf were in the stable at the time,
and the latter was found about a hundred
yards from the stable in the woods unhurt
where it had either walked OF was blown
The cow was slightly hurt.
At Augusta during the present term of the
Superior Court a charter was granted to thu
Georgia Construction and Investment Com
pany The company found no difficulty il
raising the amount necessary to organize
and Monday organized with cash capital O
&e0OO0, and elected the following officers
PRESIDENT, Robert p. Sibley; Directors, W
G. Sibley, j. p. Bondurant, w. w. Bussey
Jesse Thompson, DIR. A. H. Baker, w. 81
Cozart, u. Daniel and Asbury Hull Tn,
company is authorized to increase their CAPT
tai stock to 81 100000. The charter author
ICES the building of railroads, steamboat
and improvements of all kinds, as well as
banking business. It is anticipated that thi
company win be of untold benefit in de
veloping the country in which Augusta il
mostly interested.
The most dreadful fire swept over tn,
Elberton neighborhood last Saturday that
the oldest citizens have ever witnessed. Tn,
fire broke out from burning stump in Els
McGhees new ground near Cold Water
creek and swept everything in its path from
the creek to the Savannah river, including
gardens, fences, etc. The wind was
blowing furiously, and sometimes
the flames would leap far above the
tops of the tallest trees, burning for a great
distance the tops of all the green pines A
nice field of wheat belonging to II. p. Ward
was ruined by the fence around il and the
dead trees in 1t being burned. The most